Talk:Land O' Lakes, Florida

February 2008

Unless I hear differently, I'm going to revert this page back to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Land_O%27_Lakes%2C_Florida&oldid=178493004 (remove the 'organized crime' section) for 2 reasons:

1 - User http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:user_talk/99.243.60.43 has been warned several times for making unsourced edits, yet continues to do so. The entire section in question is unsourced.

2 - There is NO 'Busch Blvd' in Land O Lakes FL. Busch Blvd is in fact nearly 14 miles SOUTH of Land O Lakes.

Sstucker (talk) 22:17, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Further checking verifies that 'Char Pal Cut Rate Liquors Distributor & Lounge' is not located in Land O Lakes FL, but Temple Terrace (Tampa) http://www.thecityoftampa.com/liquor/

I've removed the section in question and the maint notices.

Sstucker (talk) 18:40, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Is there any basis for this sentence: "The education level of the local population is quite low. The school system fired a teacher for performing a magic trick in his classroom claiming he was a wizard."??

Do a google search, a substitute teacher was fired for wizardry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP83Db9XDJ0

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354327,00.html

http://www.topix.com/city/land-o-lakes-fl/2008/05/substitute-teacher-fired-accused-of-teaching-students-wizardry

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/05/06/Sub_teacher_claims_fired_for_wizardry/UPI-51911210108711/

and on and on to infinity. Some people have tried to poo-poo this and claim he was fired for other reasons, but he was still accused of wizardry. The other reasons were that he didn't follow the lesson plan and he allowed his students to use computers when another teacher told him not to. These are pathetic and petty reasons to fire someone. He was a substitute teacher, so he can't be expected to pickup exactly and perfectly the original teachers plan. And even so his "wizardry" was one of the reasons told to him! If they didn't like him using magic tricks in the classroom, then tell him that, don't use the word wizardry! I watched the media coverage of this, and I saw at least a half dozen residents on TV saying essentially "we'uns donna want no wizurdree in our'uns classrooms" one after the other. All of which proves the statement above is correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.62.8.253 (talk) 09:50, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

There is not reference listed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.108.219.190 (talk) 16:39, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Correct spelling of Land O' Lakes

I cannot find one instance in which the area is referred to as Land o' Lakes with a lower case "o". It may well be the case that "of" in a title should be lower case and therefore the "o" grammatically should be lowercase. However, this is a place name and should therefore honor the place's preferred spelling and cannot be changed for the sake of grammar. This should be moved back to "Land O' Lakes".Jacona (talk) 10:26, 2 April 2014 (UTC) Here is a reference to the origin of the name.Jacona (talk) 10:37, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello @JaconaFrere, I went ahead and made this requested change. As you mention, I don't see any source refer to this CDP as Land o' Lakes. Here is another source, directly from Pasco County, that refers to the area as Land O' Lakes. Amscheip (talk) 22:22, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Could someone move this page to change the title of the article? I'm new to wiki editing, but grew up here and agree that there are many sources to back the claim that the O' is capital. Mundene (talk) 21:38, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

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